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QUILTER FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3!. 1919.

Patented July 29, 1919.

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WALKER IP. ORR, 0F DIANA, TENNESSEE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1919.

Application filed May 31, 1919. Serial No. 300,959.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALKER P. ORR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Diana, in the county of Giles and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Quilter-Frame, of which the following is a specification.

- This invention relates to improvements in quilter frames, the object of the invention being to provide a device of this character which can be quickly set up for useand securely locked in such position, and When taken down may be folded into a small bundle to be stored away so as to occupy but little space.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for securing the-members ofthe frame together, said means including a specially formed stirrup and washer by means of which the side bars and end bars of the frame are clamped together.

With the foregoing. and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the .means for securing the side and end bars together;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a locking plate that is used for securing the legs to the end bars;

Fig.v 3 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the manner in which said plate is used;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the locking plate for securing the legs together;

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of said plate;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the special form of washer used for securing the side and end bars together;

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the frame in assembled position; and

Fig. 8 is an end elevation thereof.

The same characters of reference designate the same parts in the different figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the frame comprises two pair of legs 2, adapted to support the frame at each end thereof, a pair of end bars 8 and a pair of side bars 4. In the present instance a special form of bolt is provided for securing the legs together, the same'form of bolt being also used for securing the upper ends of the legs to the end bars 3. The bolt is provided with an enlarged head 5 so formed asto be conveniently taken hold of. The body portion 6 of the bolt is approximately of a length equal to the thickness of the two members which are to be held thereby, and isprovided beyond the body 6 with a flattened portion 7 adapted to interlock with a plate secured to one of the members tobe locked togther. The body 6 and flattened portion 7 of the bolt are connected by a reduced neck portion 8. For locking the legs together a plate 9, (Figs. 4 and 5), is provided, which plate has formed therein adjacent to each end thereof an elongate-d slot 10 adapted to be loosely engaged by a screw 11 driven into the leg. At the center of the plate is formed a circular opening 12 merging into a slot 13. Each of the legs is provided with a circular hole through which passes one of the bolts. When the legs are being assembled, the plate 9 isslid on the leg to which it is secured until its circular opening is in alinement with the openings in the legs, the plate being provided with a projecting pin 14 for engagement by the finger of the operator. A bolt such as above described is inserted through the openings in the legs and the plate and the plate then allowed to slide down, the bolt being preferably turned so that its flattened end is across the slot 13 in the plate, whereby the legs are securely locked togther. The plate 15, (Fig. 2), which looks the upper end of each of the legs to the end bar is preferably provided with one slot 16 of suflicient length to permit the passage of the flattened end of the bolt. One of these plates is secured by screws 17 to the upper end of each leg, the end bar and the leg being provided with registering holes for the passage of the bolt therethrough. In assembling the structure the bolt is passed through the leg and end bar and through the slot 16 in the plate. The bolt is then turned so that its flattened end is across the slot, whereby the end bar and leg are securely locked together.

For securing the end bars and side bars together, I provide a stirrup 18 having formed thereon a sleeve portion 19 into. which is threaded a clamping bolt 20, prefera-bly having a flattened head. A special form of washer 21 is provided, which is adapted to cooperate with the head of the bolt 20 for clamping the side bars on the stirrups. This washer is provided with a rectangular opening 22 passing through the washer, and at right anglesto said opening a recess 23 is formed at each side thereof; .The side bars are provided with a hole at each end thereof adapted to receive the sleeve portion 19 of the stirrup and a pair of radial recesses communicating with said hole and of sufficient length. to'permit passage of the head of the bolt 20 therethrough.

In assembling the end and side bars the sleeve of the stirrup is placed in the opening ofthe side bar so that the bottom of the side bar rests on top of the stirrup. The washer is then placed on the bolt 20 and the latter rotated in the sleeve 19. The end bar being then placed in the stirrup the bolt is rotated until it firmly grips the upper side in the recesses 23 formed in the washer.

of said end bar, the head of the bolt resting will thus be seen that the Washer firmly clamps the side bar on to the stirrup, while clamped until the bolt and Washer are ro- When the device has been assembled in the manner described a very convenient frame is provided which is Well adapted for quilting, since, by reason of the ease with which the side bars may be removed the quilt may be put in by tacking the top and bottom cloth on one side bar and rolled up until half the width of the quilt is rolled on -the bar. The bottom cloth maythen be tacked to the other side bar and the bottom laid, whereupon the top cloth may be stretched and tacked, so that one half the v width of the quilt may be done at a time.

When it is desired to collapse the structure, the bolts 20 are merely turnedv sufli: ciently topermit the side bars to be removed as above described and again tightened to retain the stirrups on the end bars topre- 1! vent loss of the stirmps. The boltsholding the upper ends of the legs to the end bars are then given a half turn, so that their flattened end portions register with the slots in the plates 15 and withdrawn from such legs, whereby each pair of legs may be swung together. The end and side bars and legs may then be secured in one bundle by means of small chains or cords 24: secured on brackets 25 attached to the legs, said brackets having at one end a hook to which the chain or cord may be secured. The legs may be, provided at their lower ends, if desired, with brace blocks 26, which form a solid support for the frame.

While I have described in detail the struc Having thus described my invention, what i V I claim is 1. A collapsible frame comprising" end b-ars, side bars and a pair of legs at each end of the frame, each pair of legs being secured together and to the end bars by a bolt adapted to pass through such legs and end bars and a plate secured to one of said legs and adapted to engage the bolt to prevent withdrawal thereof, and means for releasably securing the side and'end bars together.

2. A collapsible frame comprising tend bars, side bars and a pair'o-f legs at each end of the frame, releasable means'forconnecting the members of each pair of legs together, releasable'means' for connecting the legs to the end bars, releasable means for securing the end bars and side bars together, said last means comprising a stirrup adapted to receive the end bar, a sleeve formed on said stirrup and adapted to project through the side bar, a bolt threaded in said sleeve and a Washer adapted to cooperate with the head of the bolt for clamping the side bar on said stirrup,.said bolt being adapted to also engage the end bar thereby to retain the I 3 same in the stirrup. 1 a

3. A collapsible frame comprising end adapted to permit the passage of the flattened portion of the bolt, said opening 0. m

V bars, side bars and a palr of legs at each WALKER P. ORR.

municating v vith an elongated slot adapted to prevent passage of said flattened portion, releasable means for securing the legs to the end bars, and releasable means for securing Witnesses: 5 the end bars and side bars together. W. A. LOWE,

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing F. R. GEES.

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